Hyde Park Tenants Council Hosts Dance for Charity
The Hyde Park Terrace tenants raised about 100 dollars at a midweek dance to fund a Halloween party and Scout equipment. Prizes were awarded to Charles Duker and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Boutilier, with costume judging by outside volunteers. Local residents formed the orchestra and refreshment crew, while Bernard Knight led the Tenant Council as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Terrace
Charles Duker
Ben Boutilier
John T. Dunlap
Stover
Edmund St. Pierre
Paul Watts
Darkey
Phyllis Ward
Barbara Young
Keith Garside
Lions Club Plans on Room at Hospital and Events
At a Sedgwick Lions meeting a committee of Daniel Williams Elmer Williams and Andrew Butterfield was formed to inspect the Lions room at the hospital and secure an estimate for maintenance. A Lionesses sponsored dinner dance is set for Friday Nov 2 open to Lions and friends. The first Fall zone meeting will be in Brunswick Tuesday at Hotel Eagle 645 pm. Directors met after the session with guests Lieut Stanley Cressey Charles Perry Philip Richenburg L W Thompson Harry Fullerton and Everett Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Sedgwick
Daniel Williams
Elmer Williams
Andrew Butterfield
Lionesses
Lion Edward D. True
Brunswick
Hotel Eagle
Bath
Stanley Cressey
Charles Perry
Philip Richenburg
L. W. Thompson
Harry Fullerton
Everett Johnson
Bath Country Club raises funds for ninth fairway repairs
The Bath Country Club reports $1270 raised at a Saturday social at Bath Iron Works recreation building to repair the ninth fairway. Over 200 attendees danced to Cliff Leemon’s orchestra as Loren Jaffe announced prize awards after Lance Cooper spoke as club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Bath Iron Works Corp
Cliff Leeman
Loren Jaffe
Lance Cooper
Jaffe
Edward Mocklar
Edward F. Edgren
Banquet Honors New Members At Augusta Cross Lodge
DeBouillon Conclave of Red Cross of Constantine held an August reception and banquet at the Masonic Temple in Augusta. Seated at the Salem Cross head were Allen Curtis, Conclave Grand Sovereign, Mrs Curtis, Conyers Leach, Panama Canal Zone Imperial Sovereign, and David Wilson, Maine Council Past Imperial Sovereign, with guests from Belfast Conyers Leach Bath. The dinner featured grape fruit to lobster salad and dessert. Afterward the new members received gold crosses and a fine entertainment followed by music, readings, and a magician. Local attendees included the McCabe, Young, and McGrath couples and Rev David L Wilson and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeBouillon
Red Cross
Constantine
Masonic Temple
Augusta
Allen Curtis
de Bouillon
Curtis
Belfast
Conyers E. Leach
Panama Canal Zone
David L. Wilson
Maine Council
Wilson
Bath
Rebecca Dulfer
Margaret S. Pattershall
Ernest B. Haskell
Chester McCabe
Donald Young
Eugene McGrath
Launching of Destroyer Perry at Bath Iron Works
The USS Perry, a 2200 ton destroyer, was launched Thursday afternoon from Bath Iron Works. Named for Commodores Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry, the ship was christened by Mrs. George Tilton of Littleton New Hampshire. Present were Bath Iron Works executives and naval officers including Captain Russell S Hitchcock and Lt Cmdr E F Baldridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uss Perry
Bath Iron Works Corp
Oliver H. Perry
Lake Erie
Matthew C. Perry
George Tilton
Littleton
N. H
Commodore Matthew Perry
Commodore Oliver Perry
Perry
Palau Islands
War Chest Campaign Extended to November Fifteenth
Bath local committee for the National War Chest drive announced an extension to November 15 after only $11,400 of a $36,000 quota was raised. An extensive campaign will target the remaining days to reach the goal, with faith the city will meet the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National War Chest
Bath
Maine probate officers reelected at Augusta meeting
Henry A. Peabody was reelected president of the Maine Association of Registers of Probate at the Augusta annual meeting. Ruth M. Sinnott of Bangor and John L. Jack of Topsham were reelected as vice-presidents, Harriet D. Gray of Dover-Foxcroft as secretary-treasurer, and Earle R. Clifford of South Paris as director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Peabody
Cumberland County Register of Probate
Maine Association of Registers of Probate
Augusta
Ruth M. Sinnott
Bangor
John L. Jack
Topsham
Harriet D. Gray
Dover-Foxcroft
Earle R. Clifford
South Paris
Marriage of Morris L. Holbrook and Faye A. Nichols
Morris L. Holbrook USN of Neon Ky and Faye Amity Nichols of Columbia were married October 29 at Wesley church parsonage in a single ring ceremony conducted by Rev C B Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris L. Holbrook
USN
Neon
Faye Amity Nichols
Columbia
Wesley Church Parsonage
C. B. Oliver
First dischargees from Halsey fleet return home
Donald L. Cromwell SF 1 C USNR arrives home as the first dischargee from Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet. Enlisting in 1942, he trained at Newport and served in Newfoundland Iceland Anzio Sicily and D‑Day actions. He earned American Theatre European African campaigns and a Unit Presidential Citation. He later joined the Pacific Fleet and helped in the Philippines Okinawa and Kyushu strikes, witnessing Tokyo Bay’s peace signing. Prior wartime service included Yokosuka landing. Cromwell had worked at Bath Iron Works before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Cromwell
SF 1
USNR
Middle Street
Adm
Halsey
Third Fleet
Newport
R. I
Newfoundland
Iceland
Anzio
Sicily
Normandy
Pearl Harbor
Southwest Pacific
Adm. Halsey
Junior Hospital League sets plans for ball and X-ray device
The Junior Hospital League held its second meeting at Mrs. Royal Johnsons home with Mrs. Howard Bates as president. A rummage sale netted 101.71 and the group agreed to buy a spot film device for the hospital X-ray equipment. They scheduled the New Year’s Eve ball for December 31 with a committee including Mrs. Halterman, Mrs. Givin, Mrs. Herrick, Mrs. Day, Mrs. Dearborn, and others. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Frank Givin’s home on Navy Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Royal Johnson
Howard Bates
Julia Halterman
Frank Givin
Horace Herrick
Harry L. Day
Douglas Dearborn
Duncan McInnes
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Roger Luke
Frank Given
Navy
Bates College welcomes largest freshmen class in history
President Phillips announced an incoming class of nearly 300, the largest in Bates College history, arriving today. A four day orientation precedes classes next week with assemblies in Chase Hall and events including a party for freshmen women by the Women’s Athletic Association, an open house for men by the Bates Christian Association, and a Bates Tradition Night with talks by Ernest M. Moore Mabel Eaton and Brooks Quimby after an Outing Club open house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Bates College
Dr. Phillips
Chase Hall
Women's Athletic Association
Bates Christian Association
Bates Outing Club
Thorneray
Bates
Ernest M. Moore
Physical Education Department
Mabel Eaton
Brooks Quimby
Spinney and Downing Wed at Bride's Home
Miss Ethelyn V. Spinney and John Philip Downing were married Saturday at three in the afternoon at the bride’s High street home. Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson officiated with a small circle of relatives and friends present. The bride wore a light blue dress with a shoulder corsage of roses. she is daughter of the late Ralph and Effie Perkins Spinney. The groom, son of Charles H. Downing of Lawrence Massachusetts, is in the U S Army and has seen service overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethelyn V. Spinney
John Philip Downing
High Street
David L. Wilson
Howard Spinney
Ralph and
Effie Perkins Spinney
Georgetown
Charles H. Downing
Lawrence
Mass
U. S. Army
Home Gardeners Grow 3.36 Billion Value In War Years
Hudson Phillips reports that American Victory gardeners produced 24 million tons of vegetables and 72.5 million plots across 1942 to 1945. Cabbage alone valued at 3.36 billion dollars, with contests, fairs, and youth groups driving widespread home farming. Bronze garden medals honor 30,000 youth gardeners nationwide as 1946 food prospects remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Phillips
New York
American Victory
National Victory Garden Institute
Detroit
Dallas
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Louis
Atlanta
Cleveland
Boston
Brooklyn
Camp Fire
MacArthur
Pine Cone Autumn Issue Features Maine Focus
The Autumn issue of The Pine Cone Maine quarterly magazine is distributed by the State of Maine Publicity Bureau. It includes an economic future article by U S Senator Owen Brewster a fall hunting feature by Gene L Letourneau a piece on Aroostook The Potato Empire notes on Maine speech and a Making of Maine piece on G H Bass Wilton plus Maine recipes Cracker Barrel humor a Maine sardine industry feature and photos and illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
State of
G. H. Bass Shoe Company
Wilton
Casco Bay
Penobscot Bay
Wayne L. Buxton
Maine Development Commission
Gaudreau Returns to Bath Police as Patrolman
Edward L. Gaudreau, former Bath police patrolman and night captain, resumed duties Monday night as a patrolman. He served on the force from 1941 to 1944 before joining New England Shipbuilding Corp. in South Portland and later the Bath Iron Works Hardings plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Edward L. Gaudreau
Gaudreau
New England Shipbuilding Corp
South Portland
Hardings
Bath Iron Works Corp
Still Alarm For Car Fire On Washington Street
A still alarm was set Tuesday morning for a fire in an automobile on Washington Street in the South End. Two water-filled bottles in the rear seat converged sunlight onto the upholstery and caused ignition. Only the seat upholstery was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
State Safety Parley Scheduled in November
The 18th Annual State Safety Conference by the Department of Labor and Industry will be held at Eastland Portland on November 8 and 9. Bath professionals will attend as speakers and leaders with Dr. E. M. Fuller Jr. presiding the Industrial Nurses' Session and Dr. Warren E. Kershner leading a Vision in Industry discussion after an address by N. Carter. Harold L. Adams will chair a Shipbuilding Session with Bath Iron Works personnel presenting. Luncheon on day two features Frank Southard of the Maine Public Utilities Commission with remarks by Gov. Horace Hildreth and Otis E. Grant on Magnesium potential for Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor and Industry
Eastland
Portland
Bath
E. M. Fuller, Jr
Warren E. Kershner
N. Carter
New England
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co
Rochester
N. Y
Dr. Fuller
Harold L. Adams
Bath Iron Works Corporation
J. M. Conley, Jr
Frank T. Fortier
R. A. Mulligan
Independent Brotherhood
Bath Iron Works
Frank Southard
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Horace Hildreth
Maine
Otis E. Grant
Dow Chemical Co
Michigan
Bath Girl Scouts Celebrate First Postwar Girl Scout Week
Bath Girl Scouts join a nationwide celebration marking the first peace time Girl Scout Week since Pearl Harbor. Troops plan programs stressing international friendship, with exhibits at Central Maine Power Co. and Senter store displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts of
Bath
Pearl Harbor
Girl Scouts
United States
Central Maine Power Co
Leonard Carr
Harry Collins
J. Russell Grant
Edward Dale True
Senter
Juliette Lowe
Savannah
Woolwich Plans Fire Department With Siren Donation
A Woolwich movement to organize a local fire department has secured apparatus and Bath Iron Works president William S. Newell has donated an air raid siren to serve as a fire signal. Col. Hubert W. Eldred of the Iron Works has guided the progress. more equipment is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Bath Iron Works Corporation
William S. Newell
Hubert W. Eldred
The
Iron Works
Newell
Woolwich Churches Plan Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Community churches of Woolwich will be held at the Congregational church at Nequasset Monday evening at 7 30 to elect officers hear reports and transact business. The meeting is important and the church Sunday school and Youth Fellowship have been successful. Rev and Mrs Milliken have had cooperation from church societies. All Woolwich citizens are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Churches of
Woolwich
Congregational Church
Nequasset
Lowell Milliken
Window damage rocks Elm to Center street scene
Windows on Water street between Elm and Center suffered further blows with glass broken at C. L. Farnham Lumber Co. and the Salvation Army. Passersby told police sailors caused the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Street
Elm and
Center
C. L. Farnham Lumber Co
Salvation Army
Three Sailor Lads Before The Court In Bath
Three sailors from the destroyer USS Shea were arraigned in Bath Municipal Court on intoxication charges. An officer assault case saw one plead not guilty and be found guilty, with others facing fines for assault on a taxi driver. The incidents followed a street fight near Center and Water streets and an alley clash off Lombard Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USS Shea
Bath
Harold J. Rubin
Rubin
Center Street
Water Street
Lombard Street
Knight-Groom Scott Wedding Held Sunday Evening
Clara May Knight daughter of the late Enier Hill married Harry Edwin Scott QM1c USN at the Leavitt home on Middle Street in a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev. David L Wilson. The couple plan to reside in California after a reception with naval guests and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara May Knight
Enier Hill
Harry Edwin Scott
QM l/c
USN
Vernon P., Leavitt
Middle Street
David L. ‘Wilson
Leavitt
Elaine F. Norton
Walter R. Wickham
Rachel van Delsem
Rocky Ford
Colo
U.S. Navy
Bath
California
Girl Scout Exhibit Shines In Bath Window Display
Central Maine Power Co hosts a Girl Scout Week window exhibit in Bath celebrating the work of local Scouts and Brownies. The display features a Mexico scrapbook and maps, nature specimens, spatter prints, Halloween favors, bean bags, bookmarks, and cloth animals. Chairwoman Mrs Linwood Carr organized the show including a Pine Haven camping scene central to the arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
Brownies
Bath
Mexico
Linwood Carr
Army and Navy Wives Club Trip to Portland
Army and Navy Wives club enjoyed a ride to Portland on Wednesday for a supper and theatre party. A seafood menu was served at one restaurant. Attendees included Mrs. Edward Parker Mrs. Edwin MacDonald Mrs. Harold Stanton Jr Mrs. Adam Galuza Mrs. Martha Coiffi Mrs. Edward McGuiggan Mrs. Harry Boucher Mrs. Wilson Fitzgerald Mrs. Vernon Stuber Mrs. Arthur Wing Mrs. Otto Vosmaska Mrs. Maurice Hutchins Miss Emily Reed Mrs. Kenneth LaRose and Mrs. Raymond Flower Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy Wives Club
Portland
Edward Parker
Edwin MacDonald
Harold Stanton, Jr
Adam Galuza
Martha Coiffi
Edward McGuiggan
Harry Boucher
Wilson Fitzgerald
Vernon -Stuber
Arthur Wing
Otto Vomas
Samuel Levin Departs Bath Store on Boston Business Trip
Samuel Levin of the Bath Department store left Tuesday morning for Boston on a business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Levin
Bath Department Store
Boston
Bowdoinham Notes Family Birthdays and Local News
Bowdoinham events include a birthday party for Mrs Phillip Rideout with guests from Bowdoinham Camden and Gardiner, a $150 Davenport Fund donation to the Library Association for reference works, a memorial gift in Susan Rideout Reed, a librarian changeover, and serviceman Kenneth W. Hackett returning from service with honors. Various local items list visitors, schoolmates, and social happenings plus a Halloween party and El Kester chapter inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip ‘Rideout
Nellie Rideout
Caleb Sedgley
Susan Rideout Reed
Bowdeinham
George Rideout
Robert Reed
Reed
Proctor
Franklin,n. H
Fred Rollins
John Reed
Wollaston
Mass
Delmar Stinson
J. Hall Denham
Kenneth ‘W. Hackett
New York
Argentina
243Rd Field Artillery
Fort Devens
Children's World Crusade
Jessie ‘Ames
Cynthia Denham
Avery Fides, Jr
Missouri
Ensign Forest Fides
Fides
Georgie Fides
Mary Fides
Peter Fides
Annie Fides
Fryeburg
Halloween Party at Bailey Home in Bowdoinham
On Halloween night a party was hosted by Mr and Mrs William Bailey at their Bowdoinham home. The decorated venue featured orange and black crepe paper and pumpkins with games singing stories and music enjoyed throughout the evening. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bailey
Social visits and illness noted in town
About 30 people attended a gathering. Mr and Mrs George Artimas and Mr and Mrs Carlton Lancaster of Lynn Massachusetts were in town last week calling on friends. Mr and Mrs Lloyd McPherson of Mapleton were guests of relatives. Mrs Mary Heath is on the sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Artimas
Carlton Lancaster
Lynn
Mass
Lloyd McPherson
Mapleton
Mary Heath
Family party at Greene home marks 30 day leave
William L. Greene Seabees arrived in the city for a 30 day leave, staying with his parents Mr and Mrs John A Greene Sr at 5 Leonard Court. He is recovering from injuries from Saipan and will report back to St Albans hospital New York after leave. The gathering included extended family and relatives from Portland Ore Topsham and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Greene
Seabees
John A. Greene
Leonard Court
Billy
Saipan
Richard Syring
Portland
Ore
John A. Greene, Jr
Alden
Clinton Owen
Peter
Sue Ellen
Helen
Barbara Greene
City
Syring
Portland, Ore
Kingsbury to Return to Marshals Office
Pvt. Percy W. Kingsbury USA city marshal at enlistment in 1942 returned home after three years service discharged at Fort Dix New Jersey. He served in Africa and Europe as military police and combat artilleryman and will rest before resuming marshal duties. Mr and Mrs Laurence Martin of Groton Conn return home after visiting Harding's and Chestnut Street relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy ‘'W. Kingsbury
U.S.A
Fort Dix
N. J
Pvt
Kingsbury
Africa
Elkins
W. Va
England
Normandy
France
Germany
Austria
Laurence Martin
Groton, Conn
Martin
Scott Ward
Harding’s
Mr. Martin
Fred Irish
Chestnut Street
Cedric Martin
Willow Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hyde Park Tenants’ Council
North End
B. Reed
Stanley EB. Wallace
Front Street
Red Cross of
Destroyer Perry
Palau Island
John Jack Reelected
Telephone
North Street
Bath, Maine
Downing
Spinney
Ruth Mathias
Third Street
Little Magazine
Kemps
Bath Girl Scouts
Churches Plan Annual Meeting
Scott Knight
Power Company
Army and Navy Club
Bowdoinham
Maynard Weston Dow, Jr
Dermott McSarley
Sara McSarley
Kent's Hill School
M. W. Dow
Oldhaven Farm
George Reed
8Th Air Force
New York City
George Brown
Ellsworth
Archibald Craig
George Gibbs
Gibbs Duck Camps
Robert Burton
South Orange
Joseph Stein
Harridburg
Fryeburg Academy
Avery Fides
John McDonald
Roxbury
Paul West
Bertha Brown
Gardiner
Phillip Rideout
Electa Chapter
E.S
Masonic Hall
Young People’s Society
Bowdoinham Post Road
Mit Ai
Brenda Joyce
Carrol Naish
Milburn Stone
Greene
Marshal’s
Earnes
Cantor
Eddie Greene
Ann Thomas
OR Moore
Ome Reynolds
Barry Sullivan
Endo
Rathbone
Hina Bruce
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